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Lowry vs Aoki
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LowryWinner
81.6Lowry wins: Peak, Honours
Aoki
81.6Aoki wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇪 Shane Lowry
81.6
Lowry leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won The Open at Royal Portrush in 2019 in front of a home crowd.
1. Shane Lowry
2. Isao Aoki
Category breakdown
Season form · Wins per season
Career timeline · Wins per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · Wins per season1. 🇯🇵 Isao Aoki5 seasons played · career day 4,38215 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇪 Shane Lowry5 seasons played · career day 1,8252 wins
-86.7% vs Aoki at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇪 Lowry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 🇯🇵 Aoki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.
| Metric | LowryActive | AokiRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Major titles | 1 | — |
| DP World Tour wins | 5 | — |
| PGA Tour wins | 2 | 1 |
| Ryder Cup appearances | 3 | — |
| Career-high world ranking | 17 | — |
| Professional wins | — | 85 |
| Japan Golf Tour wins | — | 51 |
| Major runner-up finishes | — | 1 |
| Champions Tour wins | — | 9 |
| Dominance w25% | 76 | 76 |
| Peak w20% | 90 | 84 |
| Longevity w20% | 80 | 92 |
| Honours w20% | 80 | 74 |
| Statistics w15% | 84 | 84 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Lowry81.6
Aoki81.6
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